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Board approves IEP recommendations, voting logistics and multiple contracts; tables one purchase item

March 22, 2025 | MASSAPEQUA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York


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Board approves IEP recommendations, voting logistics and multiple contracts; tables one purchase item
At its meeting, the Massapequa Union Free School District Board of Education approved a series of routine and action items, including special-education IEP recommendations, policy updates, election logistics and several contracts and project awards.

Key votes and motions (summary):
- The board approved IEP recommendations “as per the attached.” (motion moved; outcome: approved)
- The board adopted policy 8640 (threat assessment) to align with the New York State School Boards Association law-and-management format. (outcome: approved)
- The board approved the annual school district election notice and publication schedule, designated Carrie Wachter as permanent chairman of election under Election Law §2025, and required appointment of inspectors more than 10 days before the vote. The publication start date in the notice was set for 04/02/2025 in district newspapers. (outcome: approved)
- The board approved a budget transfer documented in the tax memorandum. (outcome: approved)
- The board approved a contract with the Nassau County Board of Elections to provide optical-scan voting machines and ballot-marking devices for the 05/20/2025 budget vote and trustee election and authorized the board president to execute the contract. (outcome: approved)
- The board approved listed consultant contracts and authorized the board president to execute them. (outcome: approved)
- The board awarded a roof-replacement project to Long Island Roofing Corp as documented in the cash memorandum; that item passed. Another procurement item (agenda item number 8) was tabled to allow the buildings-and-grounds committee to review before the board decides. (outcome: award approved; separate item tabled)
- The board nominated Douglas Pastorello to serve on the Nassau BOCES Board of Education and approved submitting the nomination. (outcome: approved)
- The board approved sending an updated advocacy letter to state legislators and the governor as discussed and directed. (outcome: approved)

Most motions were moved, seconded and passed by voice vote; the transcript records “Aye” responses for the passed items. Where individual mover/second names were not recorded in the audio transcript, the motions are summarized without attributing a specific mover or vote tally. No item in this block required a roll-call tally in the recorded portion of the meeting; one procurement agenda item was explicitly tabled for further review by a committee.

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